Diethyl sebacate
IupacnameDiethyl decanedioate
Othernames
  • 1,10-diethyl decanedioate
  • Decanedioic acid diethyl ester
  • Diethyl 1,8-octanedicarboxylate
  • Diethyl 1,10-decanedioate
  • Ethyl sebacate

Diethyl sebacate is the organic compound with the formula (CH3CH2O2C(CH2)4)2. It is the diethyl ester of sebacic acid. A colorless oil, it is a precursor to other oganic compounds, e.g. reduction to 1,10-decanediol.[1]

A variety of longer chain esters of sebacic are used as plasticizers, e.g. dibutyl sebacate.

References

  1. ^ R. H. Manske (1934). "Decamethylene Glycol". Organic Syntheses. 14: 20. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.014.0020